How are you doing, Mr. Takeshi? The weather here in Tokyo is very cold. How is the weather in Tennessee? I am living with a family close to Tokyo University. For the upcoming winter holiday I scheduled to travel form Tokyo to Osaka on December 15 by the bullet train and then on December 19, take a flight form Osaka to Seoul. I will be returning to Tokyo on December 21. I have already booked the tickets for the trip to Osaka but will be making the reservation for the Seoul trip today. When will you be returning to Japan? I am forward to meeting you.

Ouch, rich! Be nice to the noob, he's not the first one to come along and attempt things far over his head.

That said... if you're supposed to be able to write such complex things in your class, then you should probably tell your teacher you're not ready. If your class IS for beginners, then you should not focus on writing a letter in English first then translating it, but instead write the letter from the start in Japanese with what grammar and vocabulary you already know.

Since it's for a class, you should be showing your teacher that you have understood what you have already been taught. Don't try to push your limits so hard.

Ouch, rich! Be nice to the noob, he's not the first one to come along and attempt things far over his head..

That came off as really mean but I don't think it was richvh's intent -- I think he was saying "You've already posted a little of your Japanese, so it's not going to be that much more embarrassing to post more of your Japanese."

Questions:Why is it? "Tokyo ni wa"Also why is it desu instead of Imasu.

I may be wrong and the "ni" isn't needed in those two sentences (I await correction here myself, I'm starting to think it should only be "Tokyo wa" and "Teneshii no tenki wa".)

As for why imasu should be used there, iru is only used for indicating the existence of animate objects (mostly people and animals). Weather doesn't fall into the category of animate objects, and it's existence isn't in question, just its state. Moreover, "desu" is used after adjectives (like "samui") as a politeness marker.